NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEREvery woman makes choices. And no one has made more difficult choices than Olivia Grayson. The enormously successful businesswoman missed out on much of her children’s lives while she built her legendary home-furnishings empire. In Danielle Steel’s character-rich new novel, Olivia faces the past, tries to balance the present, and makes amends where due, while still … where due, while still running her vastly successful business.
THE SINS OF THE MOTHER
As a way of making up to them for time lost, Olivia spends months every year planning a lavish holiday that everyone in her family will enjoy. This summer she has arranged a dream trip in the Mediterranean on a luxurious yacht, which she hopes will be the most memorable vacation of all. Her lavish gesture every year expresses her love for them, and regret at all the important times she missed during her children’s younger years. Her younger daughter, Cassie, a hip London music producer, refuses the invitation altogether, as she does every year. Her older daughter, Liz, lives in her mother’s shadow, with a terror of failure as she tries to recapture her dream of being a writer. And her sons, John and Phillip, work for Olivia, for better or worse, with wives who wish they didn’t. In the splendor of the Riviera, this should be a summer to remember, with Olivia’s children, grandchildren, and daughters-in-law on board. But as with any family gathering, there are always surprises, and no matter how glamorous the setting things don’t always turn out as ones hopes.
Family dynamics are complicated, old disappointments die hard, and as forgiveness and surprising revelations enter into it, new bonds are formed, and the future takes on a brighter hue. And one by one, with life’s irony, Olivia’s children find themselves committing the same “sins” for which they blamed their mother for so many years. It is a summer of compassion, important lessons, and truth.
The Sins of the Mother captures the many sides of family love: complex, challenging, funny, passionate, and hopefully enduring. Along the way, we are enthralled by an unforgettable heroine, a mother strong enough to take more than her fair share of the blame, wise enough to respect her children for who they really are, and forgiving enough to love them unconditionally.
BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Danielle Steel’s Winners.
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Loved this old stor!
Good summer read.
I enjoy all Danielle Steel books.
Modern day fairy tale of family dynamics.
love all of Danielle Steele’s books
Characters one dimensional. Couldn’t believe any of them or the story.
Danielle Steel is my go to to not put a book down. All stops when I read her books and then I am sorry when I end it.
I loved it. I read this book 4 times.
Blah
Not a fan of this one, it was to coulda, woulda, shoulda!
I like Danielle Steeles story line but she tends to repeat a lot of her descriptions of people.
Was ok once author got into the story but it took her so !omg because she is too repititious!
Disappointed in it. Wasn’t her normal gripping book. Missed the mark this time.
didn’t like it.
Did not care for this book
This book really held my interest. There was a story behind each one of Olivia’s adult children that kept me wondering what was going to happen next.
Typical Danielle Steele – the good guys are really good and the bad guys are really bad and there’s a happily-ever-after.
Not Tolstoy or Chekov, but soothing and easy guilty pleasure.
I loved the characters in this book. The family dynamics was interesting!!
Very predictable. Not really well written.
Danielle Steel is my favorite author of all time! Her books never let me down…she is gifted!